Secrets of a Ballerina

Secrets of a Ballerina

98 mins | Drama | Nov. 25, 1943

In 1860s France, a couple who have recently acquired a dilapidated country house in Vendôme discover within it the secret of a passionate love affaire that once took a macabre and sadly turn. it all began 50 years previously, when the wealthy landowner Gérard de Clergue fell madly in love with the beautiful young dancer Clara Biondi. In the course of the ensuing romance, Gérard remains blissfully ignorant of the fact that Clara had a previous lover, James de Poulay...

Secrets of a Ballerina

98 mins | Drama | Nov. 25, 1943

Secrets of a Ballerina
In 1860s France, a couple who have recently acquired a dilapidated country house in Vendôme discover within it the secret of a passionate love affaire that once took a macabre and sadly turn. it all began 50 years previously, when the wealthy landowner Gérard de Clergue fell madly in love with the beautiful young dancer Clara Biondi. In the course of the ensuing romance, Gérard remains blissfully ignorant of the fact that Clara had a previous lover, James de Poulay...
Producers
Original title Un seul amour
Directors Pierre Blanchar
Writers

Cast

Pierre Blanchar

as Gérard de Clergue

Micheline Presle

as Clara Biondi

Julien Bertheau

as James de Poulay

Robert Vattier

as Gontran des Tournelles

Geneviève Morel

as Rosalie, young

Henri Coutet

as Casimir / Xavier

Georges Douking

as Father Biondi

Jean Périer

as Prince Talleyrand

Maria Froment

as The nun

Charlotte Ecard

as Amélie, Clara's dresser

Maurice Schutz

as The father of the notary

Edmond Beauchamp

as Gardel

Ginette Baudin

as Guita Horner

Henri Richard

as The Director of the Opera

Jacques Louvigny

as Maître Goze

Roger Karl

as The Marquis de La Noue

Gabrielle Fontan

as Rosalie, elderly

Gaby André

as Sophie de La Tournelle

Rivers Cadet

as The hotelier (uncredited)

Pierre Ferval

as (uncredited)

Nathalie Nattier

as (uncredited)

Georges Pally

as (uncredited)

René Stern

as The expert (uncredited)

Roger Vincent

as (uncredited)